Evaluation of Four Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits Used at the Enyiresi Government Hospital in the Eastern Region of Ghana

Table 1

Prevalence of malaria parasites among the study participants.

Variables	Negative [n (%)]	Positive [n (%)]	Total [N (%)]	-value
Overall	82 (34.5)	156 (65.5)	238 (100.0)
Age (years)
<10	15 (18.3)	62 (39.7)	67 (28.2)	0.0009*
10–19	10 (12.2)	8 (5.1)	18 (7.6)
20–29	18 (22.0)	40 (25.6)	58 (24.4)
≥30	39 (47.6)	46 (29.5)	95 (39.9)
Gender
Males	24 (29.3)	60 (38.7)	84 (35.3)	0.1989
Females	59 (70.7)	95 (61.3)	154 (64.7)

*Difference calculated by Fisher’s exact test (-value < 0.05).